{"id":1062,"date":"2010-10-07T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2013-11-16T01:29:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T01:29:32","slug":"kalagora-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/10\/kalagora-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalagora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>21 October,   8pm<br \/>\nTickets \u00a38 \/ \u00a36 concessions<br \/>\n35-47 Bethnal Green Road,   London E1 6LA<br \/>\nBooking:\u00a0020 7613 7498<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmix.org.uk\/aandc_kalagora.htm\">http:\/\/www.richmix.org.uk\/aandc_kalagora.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kalagora is a Hindi neologism meaning <em>black man \/ white man<\/em>. This show tells his story: from a\u00a0wild Millennium eve party in Manhattan to homecoming amid the grime and glory of London\u2019s East End.<\/p>\n<p>The global wanderer plays witness to traffic accidents and street surrealism in Mumbai,   the irresistible \u2018city of motion\u2019, observing the uncanny and the unexpected at the start of the twenty-first century. Across continents and timezones, a story emerges of love, chaos and addiction, a tale that evokes the colour and raw energy of these hybrid, multi-cultural cities.<\/p>\n<p>Blending poetry, monologue and theatre, and accompanied by specially commissioned video and music, Kalagora showcases the exciting new talent of Indian-born poet-performer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalagora.com\/?page_id=2\" target=\"_self\">Siddhartha Bose<\/a>. Incorporating influences as diverse as free jazz, Indian epic and Shakespeare, this powerful new piece of live literature\u00a0testifies to\u00a0the scintillating shock of the new in a globalised world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalagora.com\">www.kalagora.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Credits<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Written and performed by Siddhartha Bose<\/p>\n<p>Featuring music by Pankaj Awasthi \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/pankajawasthi\">www.myspace.com\/pankajawasthi<\/a><br \/>\nOriginal film by Maria Tzika and Siddhartha Bose<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Russell Bender<br \/>\nLighting design by McDeath<br \/>\nSound design by Ed Lewis<\/p>\n<p>Produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/\">Penned in the Margins<\/a><br \/>\nFunded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artscouncil.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arts Council England<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Design by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercyonline.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercy<\/a><br \/>\nPhotography by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liamdavenportphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Davenport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our partners <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmix.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richmix<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/southasianlitfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DSC South Asian Literature Festival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 October, 8pm Tickets \u00a38 \/ \u00a36 concessions 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Booking:\u00a0020 7613 7498 http:\/\/www.richmix.org.uk\/aandc_kalagora.htm &nbsp; Kalagora is a Hindi neologism meaning black man \/ white man. This show tells his story: from a\u00a0wild Millennium eve party in Manhattan to homecoming amid the grime and glory of London\u2019s East End. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4647,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions\/4647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}